| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 414001000 | ARTICLE MANIPULATOR MOVES ANALOGOUS WITH HUMAN HAND, FINGER, OR ARM MOVEMENT | 37 |
| 20080206020 | Flat-panel display processing tool with storage bays and multi-axis robot arms - A substrate processing apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a substrate load lock chamber. A plurality of storage bays may be used to store flat-panel display substrates. A first set of one or more multi-axis robot arms may transfer one or more flat-panel display substrates between the substrate load lock chamber and the plurality of storage bays. A substrate transfer chamber is vacuum coupled to the substrate load lock chamber. A plurality of process chamber modules are vacuum coupled to the substrate transfer chamber. A second set of one or more multi-axis robot arms may transfer flat-panel display substrates between the storage bays and the plurality of process chamber modules under sub-atmospheric conditions. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080240889 | ROBOT, CONTROL METHOD OF ROBOT AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF ROBOT - A robot or the like able to precisely grip an object by flexibly changing an operation in accordance with various environments. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080267737 | FITTING DEVICE - A fitting device for fitting a first fitting member held in a hand mounted at the forward end of a robot arm to a corresponding second fitting member, comprising a detection unit for detecting the force or moment generated when the first and second fitting members come into contact with each other, and a judging unit for judging, based on the force or moment detected by the detection unit, whether a one-point contact state prevails in which the first and second fitting members are in contact with each other at one point or a two-point contact state prevails in which the first and second fitting members are in contact with each other at least two points. In the one-point contact state, the first fitting member held in the hand is pressed against the second fitting member in the fitting direction thereby to proceed with the fitting operation while maintaining the holding posture of the robot arm. In the two-point contact state, the fitting operation is caused to proceed further while the holding posture of the robot arm is changeable. As a result, the first fitting member can be fitted in the second fitting member while keeping the robot arm in the normal posture. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090016851 | Robot Hand Apparatus - A robot hand apparatus ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090016852 | VIAL CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND ARM FOR THE SAME - Provided is a vial conveyance device which includes, in order to hold and release a vial ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090028669 | Removable compartments for workpiece stocker - The present invention discloses apparatuses and method for configuring a compartmentable equipment to accommodate emergency responses. An exemplary equipment comprises a plurality of removable compartments for storing workpieces so that in emergency events, such as power failure or equipment failure, the workpieces can be removed from the equipment for continuing processing without disrupting the flow of the fabrication facility. The compartmentable equipment can comprise emergency access ports, including mating interface to a portable workpiece removal equipment to allow accessing the individual compartments without compromising the quality, defects and yield of the workpieces stored in the stocker. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090060684 | Robot - A robot according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a robot body; a first shoulder joint attached to the robot body, and rotatable with respect to the robot body; a support unit whose proximal end is attached to the first shoulder joint, and which is rotatable with respect to the robot body together with the first shoulder joint; a second shoulder joint attached to a distal end of the support unit, and rotatable with respect to the support unit; and an arm unit whose proximal end is attached to the second shoulder joint, and which is rotatable with respect to the support unit together with the second shoulder joint. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100158641 | Manipulator System - A manipulator system having a slave tong with an input, a master handle having two outputs, and a planetary gear assembly having a sun gear, a planet gear, and a ring gear and is configured to receive the two outputs of the master handle and provide a single input to the slave tong. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110129320 | PHOTO-INTERRUPTER BASED FORCE SENSING HANDLE AND METHOD OF USE - A robotic system includes a robot for moving a payload in response to a calculated input force. Sensors in respective sensor housings are connected to a handle, each sensor including a light emitter and receiver. The sensors measure a light beam received by a respective receiver. A controller calculates the calculated input force using received light. Each sensor housing modifies an interruption of the light beam in a sensor when the actual input force is applied, and the controller controls the robot using the calculated input force. A method of controlling the robot includes emitting the light beam, flexing a portion of the sensor housing(s) using the actual input force to interrupt the light beam, and using a host machine to calculate the calculated input force as a function of the portion of the light beam received by the light receiver. The robot is controlled using the calculated input force. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110164949 | COMPACT EXOSKELETON ARM SUPPORT DEVICE TO COMPENSATE FOR GRAVITY - A compact exoskeleton arm support device compensates for gravity. The compact exoskeleton arm support device compensating for gravity may include at least five joints. Among the at least five joints, two joints may be driven by actuators, and the remaining joints may be driven by user force. The compact exoskeleton arm support device compensating for gravity effectively uses the actuators, thereby increasing operating efficiency and reducing production costs. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120237319 | Robotic Lift Device with Human Interface Operation - An operator controllable robotic device is disclosed. The robotic device comprises a support member, an upper robotic arm, a lower robotic arm, and a control arm. The upper robotic arm is coupled to the support member and has rotational movement in at least one degree of freedom relative to the support member. The lower robotic arm is coupled to the upper robotic arm and has rotational movement in at least one degree of freedom relative to the upper robotic arm. The control arm allows an operator to control the robotic device. The control arm is coupled to the upper robotic arm and has rotational movement in at least one degree of freedom relative to the upper robotic arm. The control arm allows a movement of the operator to control a movement of at least one of the upper robotic arm and the lower robotic arm. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120294696 | HAPTIC DEVICE FOR MANIPULATOR AND VEHICLE CONTROL - An interface ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120328395 | Teleoperated Robotic System - A teleoperated robotic system that includes master control arms, slave arms, and a mobile platform. In use, a user manipulates the master control arms to control movement of the slave arms. The teleoperated robotic system can include two master control arms and two slave arms. The master control arms and the slave arms can be mounted on the platform. The platform can provide support for the master control arms and for a teleoperator, or user, of the robotic system. Thus, a mobile platform can allow the robotic system to be moved from place to place to locate the slave arms in a position for use. Additionally, the user can be positioned on the platform, such that the user can see and hear, directly, the slave arms and the workspace in which the slave arms operate. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20150016923 | LOAD AND TORQUE RESISTANT CALIPER EXOSKELETON - An exoskeleton assembly having an upper body support assembly pivotally connected to a lower body support assembly. A caliper assembly is connected to the lower and upper body support assemblies and includes a load arm attached to a differential strut. The caliper assembly has links pivotally attached to the upper and lower body assemblies. Pistons attached to the load arm substantially maintain a mounting component in an upright position. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150336263 | A COUPLING SYSTEM - Embodiments of a coupling system include a brace member, a plurality of coupling members, and a plurality of magnetic bodies that permit an individual to be attached or detached from a robotic device. The coupling system may serve as a detachable interface between an individual engaged to the robotic device. | 11-26-2015 |
| 414002000 | Motion of hand, finger, or arm member multiplied or reduced in its transmission to article manipulator means | 3 |
| 20090081004 | HAND DEVICE - A hand device ( | 03-26-2009 |
| 20130011220 | System and Method For Controlling A Teleoperated Robotic Agile Lift System - A method for controlling a tele-operated robot agile lift system is disclosed. The method comprises manipulating a human-machine interface of a master robot located on a mobile platform. The human machine interface is kinematically equivalent to a user's arm with a plurality of support members. A position value and a torque value is measured for each support member. The position value and torque value are communicated to support members of a kinematically equivalent slave arm to position the support members to correspond with a position of the human-machine interface. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20140212243 | POWER ASSISTING ROBOTIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A power assist robot apparatus is disclosed which is capable of assisting heavy-object lifting action and walking movement with fewer driving sources, and a method is disclosed for controlling the power assist robot apparatus. Two power-assist electric motors are located near opposite lateral sides in a right-left direction of the wearer's waist, respectively. Each lower-limb assist arm has one end fixed to a rotary shaft of the power-assist electric motor and the other end to which a lateral side of the thigh is attached. An upper-body assist arm placed at the wearer's chest and a main frame that holds the two power-assist electric motors at both ends thereof and is placed at the wearer's waist are connected by a driven rotary shaft which is rotatable about a vertical axis and a driven rotary shaft which is rotatable about a right-left axis. | 07-31-2014 |
| 414004000 | Electric or fluid motor drive for manipulator | 14 |
| 20080232932 | MANIPULATOR - A manipulator comprises an operation command unit provided with an attitude adjusting unit and an end effector control unit, a connecting unit having one end connected to the operation command unit, a working unit connected to the other end of the connecting unit and provided with an end effector and a support unit supporting the end effector for motions, and a control unit that transmits an operation command provided by the attitude adjusting unit to the support unit to adjust the attitude of the end effector and transmits an operation command provided by the end effector control unit to the end effector to operate the end effector. The support unit includes a first joint capable of turning about a first axis perpendicular to the center axis of the connecting unit, and a second joint capable of turning about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The end effector can be turned for rolling about an axis substantially parallel to the second axis of the second joint. The attitude adjusting unit has a third joint having a third axis perpendicular to the center line of the connecting unit. The end effector control unit is formed such that the fingers of an operator gripping operating members included in the end effector control unit extend substantially in parallel to the fourth axis. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080247844 | Robot hand and method for automatically placing an element - The invention concerns an industrial robot ( | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090003973 | Wafer transfer robot - A wafer transfer robot, having a robot hand which transfers a wafer in an improved driving manner by changing a driving force transfer device of the robot hand, is disclosed. The wafer transfer robot having at least robot hand to transfer a wafer includes an arm frame supported on an elevating shaft to vertically move the robot hand, wherein the robot hand includes a first robot arm rotatably supported on the arm frame, a second robot arm rotatably supported at an end of the first robot arm, a first driving device which rotates the first robot arm to rotate the robot hand, a second driving device which rotates the second robot arm to extend and contract the robot hand in a radial direction with the first driving device, and a controller which operates the first driving device and stops the second driving device when the robot hand is rotated, and operates both the first driving device and the second driving device at the same time when the robot hand is extended and contracted in a radial direction. The wafer transfer robot can be rotated and linearly move in a radial direction by providing the first driving device and the second driving device on the robot hand, thereby greatly decreasing the capacity of the motor serving as a driving device and reducing the cost. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090035097 | REMOTELY OPERATED MACHINE WITH MANIPULATOR ARM - A remotely operable machine ( | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090324366 | COMPRESSIBLE FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATOR DRIVING MECHANISM AND CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOF - Fluid pressures of a plurality of compressible fluid pressure actuators that drive a joint through antagonistic driving are controlled by a main-fluid pressure control device, and at the time of applying quick brake upon collision, a proximate fluid pressure high-speed control device, disposed closely to the actuators, carries out pressure application or pressure reduction at a high speed on the actuators so as to be quickly accelerated or decelerated. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100080669 | Operator Input Device for a Robotic Surgical System - An input device for a robotic surgical instrument includes an operator input on a handle that is rotatably supported by a supporting link structure. A primary winding of a rotary transformer is fixed to the supporting link structure and connected to an electric power source. A secondary winding is fixed to the handle. An axial passage extends through the primary and secondary windings. An optical data transmitter is connected to the operator input to transmit data from the operator input through the axial passage. The secondary transformer winding provides power to the optical data transmitter without physical contact. An optical data receiver fixed to the supporting link structure receives data from the optical data transmitter transmitted through the axial passage in the rotary transformer without physical contact. The transmission of power and data without physical contact allows the handle to rotate continuously. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100129181 | LENS HANDLER - A lens handler includes a first arm and a second arm, the first and second arms of the lens handler being moveable relative to each other to define an open position, a closed position, and a lens handling position. The lens handler also includes a power source electrically connected to the first and second arms and configured to pass an electrical current between the first and second arms when the arms are in the closed position. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20150139756 | TRANSPORT ASSIST APPARATRUS - According to one embodiment, a transport assist apparatus includes a backpack, a straight-move support unit and a drive unit. The straight-move support unit is connected to the backpack and includes a support member configured to be driven so as to make an end of the support member contact a floor surface. The drive unit is connected to the backpack and the straight-move support unit and drives the support member in a direction of moving the end toward the floor surface in accordance with lifting up of at least one of a target person and a target object by a user, or in a direction of moving the end away from the floor surface in accordance with setting down of the at least one of the target person and the target object by the user. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150290794 | PNEUMATIC EXOMUSCLE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A pneumatic exomuscle system and methods for manufacturing and using same. The pneumatic exomuscle system includes a pneumatic module; a plurality of pneumatic actuators each operably coupled to the pneumatic module via at least one pneumatic line, a portion of the pneumatic actuators configured to be worn about respective body joints of a user; and a control module operably coupled to the pneumatic module, the control module configured to control the pneumatic module to selectively inflate portions of the pneumatic actuators. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150336265 | SUPPORTING MODULES AND MOTION ASSISTANCE APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME - A supporting module may include: a supporting frame configured to support an action part of an object; a pressure member connected to the supporting frame and configured to push the action part to rotate when the supporting frame rotates in a first direction; a supporting member configured to pull the action part to rotate when the supporting frame rotates in a second direction; and/or a dispersion member, between the pressure member and the supporting member, configured to disperse force transmitted from the pressure member in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the transmitted force and configured to transmit the dispersed force to the supporting member. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160106615 | DRIVING MODULE, MOTION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DRIVING MODULE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOTION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving module and a motion assistance apparatus including the same may be provided. For example, the driving module including a driving source disposed on one side of a user, and configured to provide power, a first decelerator including a first input terminal coupled to the driving source, and a first output terminal and a second output terminal configured to receive power from the first input terminal, a second decelerator including a second input terminal coupled to the first output terminal, and a third output terminal and a fourth output terminal configured to receive power from the second input terminal, and a third decelerator including a third input terminal coupled to the second output terminal, and a fifth output terminal and a sixth output terminal configured to receive power from the third input terminal may be provided. | 04-21-2016 |
| 414005000 | Having means to transmit feedback signal from manipulator means to hand, finger, or arm | 3 |
| 20080304935 | Robotic exoskeleton for limb movement - This invention relates to a robotic exoskeleton comprising mechanical linkages that couple to one or more selected joints of a limb of a subject. The robotic exoskeleton may be provided with means for obtaining data respecting angular position, torque, and/or acceleration of at least one of the joints or the links of the mechanical linkages, and may be used for assessing, studying, diagnosing a deficit, and/or treating an impairment in sensorimotor function of a limb of a subject. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100111645 | Anthropomorphic force-reflective master arm - The anthropomorphic force-reflective master arm controls a remote robotic arm and includes a plurality of rotatably joined mechanical links extending from a base to provide up to six degrees of freedom. Three of the link members are rotatably coupled to each other to form a handle, so that axes of rotation of each of the handle link members intersect at a user's hand position. Cable and pulley assemblies for the link joints are connected to their corresponding backdrive motors, the backdrive motors being disposed on the base to provide efficient transmission of forces experienced by the remote machine to the master arm handle. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110206481 | ANTHROPOMORPHIC FORCE-REFLECTIVE MASTER ARM - The anthropomorphic force-reflective master arm is a light, anthropomorphic, back-drivable, six degree of freedom (DOF) master arm designed to control the motion of a remote slave device having arbitrary structure. Three of the link members are rotationally coupled to each other to form a handle, such that axes of rotation of each of the handle link members intersects at the user's hand position. The kinematics of the master arm is simplified to two independent sub-systems, which are the hand position and hand orientation. | 08-25-2011 |
| 414007000 | Having flexible motion transmission means | 5 |
| 20090028670 | SELECTIVELY RIGIDIZABLE AND ACTIVELY STEERABLE ARTICULATABLE DEVICE - A selectively rigidizable and actively steerable device is described. In one aspect, an articulatable device is described that includes a flexible inner tube having a first lumen, a flexible outer tube that receives the inner tube, and a multiplicity of overlapping, rigidizable scale-like strips. Each scale-like strip is coupled with the inner tube and positioned between the inner and outer tubes. Of particular note, the overlapping strips are actuatable between a non-rigidized state in which overlapping strips are slideable relative to one another and a rigidized state in which overlapping strips are not slideable relative to one another. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100092267 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HAPTIC CONTROL - The present invention provides remote interfacing utilising haptic technology. In a first aspect there is provided a haptic grasping interface comprising a plurality of finger interaction points, with actuators connected at one end to an actuator control mechanism. The mechanism is mounted remotely from the grasping interface, inverse to the finger interaction points, for manipulation of these points. The grasping points comprise pulleys which route the actuators through a cable tension and transmission system. A second aspect provides haptic augmentation to an operator, which indicates to the operator the state of a control input to a controlled device. A third aspect provides a means of simulating motion where haptic feedback is provided to a user in correspondence with the movement of the user within a pod environment. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20130089392 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - A driving force transmission mechanism for transmitting a driving force from a driving source has the following arrangement. That is, the driving force transmission mechanism includes a linear or rod-shaped flexible manipulation wire, an inner pipe serving as a flexible guide member in which the manipulation wire is inserted, an outer pipe provided radially outside the inner pipe and configured to suppress deformation of the inner pipe. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20150306762 | LEG AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE - Systems and methods are provided for supporting one or both legs of a user using a harness configured to be worn on a body of a user; and a leg support coupled to the harness configured to support a leg of the user, the leg support configured to accommodate movement of the leg while following the movement without substantially interfering with the movement of the user's arm. One or more compensation elements may be coupled to the leg support to apply an offset force to at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the leg as the user moves and the leg support follows the movement of the user's leg, the one or more compensation elements providing a force profile that varies the offset force based on an orientation of the leg support. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150321339 | SOFT EXOSUIT FOR ASSISTANCE WITH HUMAN MOTION - In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals. | 11-12-2015 |
